September 1st, 2010

There is some controversy over the safety of Marcellus Shale drilling in southwest Pennsylvania, pristine and poor. Many of these questions have been addressed head on by the Marcellus Drilling industry, particularly, water contamination by hydraulic fracturing, a 60 year old technology, used successfully in Texas.
DEMOCRATS WANT HIGHER TAXES: – not breaking news Democrats have one solution for all of Pennsylvania Government’s Budget Problems: MORE TAXES Democrats are not calling for a moratorium on drilling because they think it unsafe; they are looking at Marcellus Shale as the Golden Goose to get them out of the Fiscal Garbage with which they have contaminated Pennsylvania’s Fisc.
There is a choice we, the people of Pennsylvania, need to make Prosperity in a Pipeline, 10s of 1000s of new jobs, not only energy independence but energy exportation, and billions in tax revenue OR “pristine and poor”, our choice.
The Leftists scream scare tactics. Bradford County, and other counties, prosper. More Jobs; Less Government.
Republican Commissioner of Bradford County Doug McLinko, who lives with Marcellus Shale reports on the positive impact in his county where he and his family and his friends live, and the negative impact of yet another tax, the Severance Tax:
“The national economy is in a slump, unemployment remains stubbornly high, and economic growth is being hampered by misguided policies. Meanwhile, Bradford County, Pennsylvania led the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in net job growth from March of 2009 through March of 2010 with 2500 new jobs or a 7.2% employment increase. The robust increase in jobs is a direct result of Marcellus Shale drilling and its ancillary economic benefits.
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